''The Island Monster'' (Italian: ''Il mostro dell'isola''/ ''The Monster of the Island'') is a 1954 Italian

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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. It was made at Cinecitta Studios with

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taking place on the island of

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Plot

Don Gaetano, an apparently respectable man but the leader of a gang of traffickers, kidnaps a little girl to force a policeman not to investigate; the latter, aided by a woman of the gang, frees the child and arrests the criminals.

Cast

as Don Gaetano *

as Gloria D'Auro *

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as Ten. Mario Andreani * Patrizia Remiddi as Fiorella Andreani *

Jole Fierro Jole Fierro (22 November 1926 – 27 March 1988) was an Italian actress. Born in Salerno, Fierro made her debut in the early 1950s in the Neapolitan dialect theater, and shortly later she made her first appearances in films. In June 1954, she ac ...

as Giulia *

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as Foster *

as Adalgisa * Giuseppe Chinnici as Maresciallo Antonio Carcani *

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as Il rapitore *

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as Uomo di Pozzuoli *

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as La contessa *

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as Col. Della Finanza

References

Bibliography

* Barry Atkinson. ''Atomic Age Cinema: The Offbeat, the Classic and the Obscure''. Midnight Marquee, 2013. * Lawrence McCallum. ''Italian Horror Films of the 1960s: A Critical Catalog of 62 Chillers''. McFarland & Company, 1998.

External links

* 1954 films 1950s thriller films Italian thriller films Films directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero Films set in the Mediterranean Sea 1950s Italian-language films Films shot at Cinecittà Studios Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-thriller-film-stub